Thanks gentlemen!I did not find the queen, although she seems to be very prolific, so I hope I got her in the bee vac.There were a number of bees that ran in behind the siding where the bay window connects with the house.They were fanning and I thought may be she ran in there. I went back at dusk hoping to find a small ball of bees with the queen on the comb remnants, but no luck. They were still going in and out behind the siding. I eventually took off a couple of the siding pieces and exposed about 50 workers, but no queen :?. So hopefully she was in the initial vac box and is acclimating to her new box!

G3 there was no evidence that any spraying had taken place, and the owner said he did not do any spraying or attempt to deal with them. He actually is allergic to bee venom and is moving in so needed them dealt with. The empty comb was deeper into the nest and so not as reachable from a spray standpoint anyhow. I think the empty comb was just extra storage capacity that was built and used in a previous year when a really good was flow was on, but now is just excess capacity given the this years flow. The comb was good, but had lots of folds and creases in it. Not straight and orderly.